Current Year Preceding Year Sales $9,700,000   $7,175,000   Beginning inventories 420,000   400,000   Cost of goods sold 5,820,000   4,305,000   Ending inventories 550,000   420,000     a.   (1.) Determine for each year the inventory turnover. Round answers to one decimal place. Current year ? Preceding year ?         (2). Determine for each year the number of days' sales in inventory. Assume there are 365 days in the year. Round intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar and final answers to one decimal place. Current year ? Preceding year ?   b.  What conclusions can be drawn from these data concerning the inventories?

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  Current Year Preceding Year
Sales $9,700,000   $7,175,000  
Beginning inventories 420,000   400,000  
Cost of goods sold 5,820,000   4,305,000  
Ending inventories 550,000   420,000  

 

a.   (1.) Determine for each year the inventory turnover. Round answers to one decimal place.

Current year ?
Preceding year ?

 

      (2). Determine for each year the number of days' sales in inventory. Assume there are 365 days in the year. Round intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar and final answers to one decimal place.

Current year ?
Preceding year ?

 

b.  What conclusions can be drawn from these data concerning the inventories?
 (sales volume increased faster than the inventory, resultung in an improving inventory position/inventory increased faster than sales colume, resulting in a deteriorating inventroy position/ no conclusion about the inventory position can be drawn from these data)

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